# Marriage Act 1983, Paragraph 20

Extent: E+W

In section 75 (criminal offences)—
(a) in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) after the words “special licence” there shall be inserted the words “or a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act”;
(b) in subsection (2)(a)(ii) for the words “or office specified” there shall be substituted the words “office or person’s residence specified as the place where the marriage was to be solemnized”;
(c) after subsection (2)(b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(bb) solemnizes a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, otherwise than according to the rites of the Church of England, in the absence of a registrar of the registration district in which the place where the marriage is solemnized is situated;”;
(d) in subsection (3)(d) after the words “in his office” there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of a marriage in pursuance of section 26(1)(dd) of this Act, in any other place”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/32/schedule/1/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-act-1983/schedule-1/paragraph-20
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